7 finance firms working with AI, and why you should fear them

Just because one Goldman Sachs MD quit banking for an elusive residency at Google Brain, don't assume you need to leave finance to pursue your passion for machine learning. As artificial intelligence (AI) comes of age, there are a growing number of firms putting self-teaching computers to work in financial services. Better still, most of them are hiring. These are the top companies in the finance world for machine learning right now, along with who they like to hire and the vacancies they have open. If you're interested in machine learning, you may want to apply soon – universities globally are currently training-up thousands of machine learning specialists, including several savvy former traders who saw this trend coming.